MN Fisher

A spooling station helps a lot - even the cheap ones are better than nothing. Or, if you're handy, you can put together one yourself - such as I did from some scrap aluminum plate and angle I had sitting around.

I'll second that - he's sent me a couple 'care packages' of line and lures over the past few years....just out of the blue and the goodness of his heart.

Only reason I got an Ecomap 93sv is its the GT-54 transducer model, on sale...and I got financing for 24 months at 8%...otherwise I would be stuck with only my Striker 7cv. Being stuck on SS benefits alone sucks.

Now if they'd just make them affordable for the average guy.

Don't feel bad, Andy...I've only got 16"

He's made a cult out of being grumpy and never pleased about anything...no matter which way it goes.

UL to me is light line, small reels...rod length is not a consideration My current UL rig for panfish is an Okuma Celilo 7'6" UL/F - 1/32oz-3/8oz with an Ultegra FC-1000 reel, line is 6# Sufix 832 with 4# Sufix Siege leader of 8'-10' length.

Google still does it for me - of course if I'm searching for a particular piece of information, I use the Advanced Search engine instead of the generic one. Google Advanced Search

Enjoy the oodles of more free time you'll have, Kent, and thank you for your service on the forum. Now it's time to relax

How'd you get a pic of me?

Considering that Litha is 'Mid-summer' and Yule is 'Mid-Winter' - the seasons on the witches calender run Spring (Planting/Birthing): Imbolc (Feb 2) to Beltaine (May 1) Summer(Growing): Beltaine (May 1) to Lammas (Aug 1) Fall (Harvest): Lammas (Aug 1) to Samhain (Oct 31) Winter (Fallow): Samhain (Oct 31) to Imbolc (Feb 1)

One of Sara's nicknames was 'Garbage Hound' for a reason.

Buying reels from Digitaka - the price on the screen is all you pay. No tax, no shipping ("Reels and Rods are free shipping to your country" - from their Q&A), no import fee.

Didn't know exactly where to put this - mods, feel free to move it. Since I've been shore fishing a lot this year, carrying my rods has been awkward...I'd just been grabbing the four in one hand, but the tips went everywhere. So instead of dishing out $70 or more for a rod carrier that had things I didn't need, I built my own. Using some scrap aluminum left over from the Bass Trek build, I built a basic frame, putting 1/16" plastic 'Polywall' into the box-frame of the rear. Now I can neatly carry 4 rods and the 'box' in the rear carries my net and fish-basket for the keeper crappie and 'gills. Carry handles are just some oak dowels with paracord going to the washers and sheet-metal screws in the frame. Entire unit pops into the back of the truck with a cargo bar keeping it from sliding forward and possibly damaging the tip-tops.

You're forgetting that 3/8oz is just for the head. Add in the hook, snap, blade and skirt and it's probably close to if not over that 1/2oz...add in that plastic and as 'BC' says, you're at 5/8oz or even more. 3/8oz chatters I toss on my Aird-X MH/F (1/4-1oz ).

I dunno about their 'Mint' rods, but I picked up a couple 'Excellent' Victorys that I couldn't find anything wrong with...no blemishes, straight-line guides, unstained-intact cork, etc. I have no problems getting used gear from ALF...I think they under-rate the condition sometimes.

Something better - mix some red loctite into pipe sealant...that sucker will need a hammer-driver to get it off. It's a mix we used for some of the plumbing on machines we built at a place I worked.

We got that too - and a short power outage...just long enough to reboot my desktop.

I knew what it was right off the bat - my grand-uncle lived in SC and my cousin lives in NC...both areas where Paw Paws are abundant. They can't ship them though...they're only good for 2-3 days after picking unlike things like apples that are good for a week or two.

I think you mean CDO (gotta be in alphabetical order for MY 'CDO')

Ya - a good pair of diagonal side cutting dykes would be enough for any hook

Wouldn't it be easier to just hand them the rig?

It was a substation that went - pretty much the entire Island was without power.

Could have done without the 6hr power outage last night - lost it about 7pm, finally came back on just before 1am this morning.

2D is gonna target a cone centered on the transducer - fish marks are somewhere in that cone - sonar return will give you depth, but not direction or distance Down-Scan gives you a narrow 'oval' again centered on the transducer - again, they're somewhere in the scanning field Side-Scan throws out a pair of 'wings' which will at least tell you what side of the boat they're on and a 'guesstimate' of the distance. Finding where the fish are is problematical with any of those - but the further down the list you go, the better targeting you have. FFS is getting popular because it tells you EXACTLY where fish are...depth, distance and direction. Diagrams of sonar zones - in the second one, Yellow and Red are 2D, Green is Down-Scan, Blue is Side-Scan